(24 Aug 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Pan of Paracas Museum exterior
2. Wide of partially destroyed museum exterior
3. Wide of museum interior with guide, tourist and penguin mascot
4. Case containing destroyed mummy
5. Various of museum exhibits partially damaged by earthquake
6. Various of guide, tourist and penguin mascot inside museum
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Victor Valtentin, Guide in charge of museum:
"Thank God that in the viewing areas here in the Julio Cesar Tello Rojas Museum, all that's happened is that some mummies have fallen as you can see, and some cranial trepanations fell from where they were positioned to be exhibited to tourists. When it comes to the infrastructure of the perimeter of the museum, a wall measuring approximately 14 metres also fell."
8. Wide of damage outside museum
9. Collapsed museum wall
10. Tourist, guide and penguin mascot inside one of the rooms in the museum
11. SOUNDBITE: Victor Valtentin, Guide in charge of museum:
"Here in the museum you can find archaeological remains and materials dating from 6000 to 7000 BC"
12. Guide showing tourist around museum
13. Close up of museum piece
14. Wide of tourist looking at museum pieces
15. Various of museum pieces
STORYLINE:
Last week's magnitude-8 earthquake not only destroyed houses and roads in various towns along Peru's south eastern coast, it also caused serious damage to a number of archaeological and historic monuments in the area.
Among them, the Paracas Museum in Pisco, which suffered considerable structural damage.
"When it comes to the infrastructure of the perimeter of the museum, a wall measuring approximately 14 metres fell down," explained Victor Valentin, who is in charge of the museum.
"Thank God that in the viewing areas here in the Julio Cesar Tello Rojas Museum, all that's happened is that some mummies have fallen as you can see, and some cranial trepanations fell from where they were positioned to be exhibited to tourists," he added, thankful that the site's valuable collection had not taken the brunt of the damage.
The Paracas Museum, also known as the Julio Cesar Tello Rojas Museum, houses a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, and a widely known textile collection.
"Here in the museum we can find archaeological remains and materials dating from 6000 to 7000 BC," said Valentin
The area where the museum is located, about 260 kilometres south of Lima, was practically destroyed in the earthquake which killed over 500 people and left thousands homeless.
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